Ten Tips for Reducing Energy Use in Leased Buildings
Are you leasing office, warehouse or manufacturing space and frustrated by your inability to reduce energy consumption and the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by that consumption? The United...
View ArticleNorth America Climate Change: WCI Releases Detailed Cap-and-Trade Strategy
On July 27th, the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) released a comprehensive blueprint for reducing regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The centerpiece will...
View ArticleClimate Change Impacts of the Aviation Industry
In the grand scheme of things, aviation may not represent a huge source of concern with respect to climate change. But neither should the aviation industry (airports included) ignore the fact that...
View ArticleImpact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Company Stock Value
How much greenhouse gas a company produces has a significant effect on the value of the company’s stock, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California (UC), Davis; UC,...
View ArticleCanada: New Regulations for the Coal-Fired Electricity Sector
From Environment Canada. Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent announced in August that the Canadian government is moving forward with regulations for the coal-fired electricity sector. “Our...
View ArticleThe Business Case for Sustainability: An Inconvenient Reality?
For years, those of us in the environmental and sustainability (E&S) profession have sought credible metrics to quantify the economic value of our efforts. Studies dating back to the late 1980s...
View ArticleU.S. EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Data
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) In January 2012, for the first time, the EPA released greenhouse gas (GHG) data collected under the GHG Reporting Program. The data set shows 2010...
View ArticleUnited States: EPA Publishes National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
In April 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 17th annual U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory, The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:...
View ArticleOpen for Business: EHS Priorities Following the U.S. Government Shutdown
A lot of attention has been spent explaining the impacts of the 16-day U.S. federal government shutdown, which ended on October 17th. Although the shutdown did slow rulemaking efforts at the U.S...
View ArticleEnergy Trends That Will Continue in the Foreseeable Future
2015 will pass by soon. While we live our day-to-day lives and careers, it’s easy to miss trends that establish themselves in a small number of years or even in a single year. Yet this is happening...
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